KENDALL, Fla. – The last full-size Kmart has closed its doors, leaving the Kmart in Kendall as the last store in the mainland United States.
The last full-sized mainland store in Bridgehampton, New York closed its doors on Sunday, Oct. 20.
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This means the Kendall store, now a smaller scale version of the previous store in the same plaza located at 14091 SW 88 St. at the Kendale Lakes Plaza is the only one shoppers can visit in the mainland United States.
Kmart has stores in Guam and the US Virgin Islands.
The Kendale Lakes Plaza store downsized in March 2023, revealing a smaller store in the garden area next to the previous retail space.
Décor giant, At Home, based out of Plano, eventually took over the lease.
Kmart’s decline has been slow but steady, brought about by years of falling sales, changes in shopping habits and the looming shadow of Walmart, which coincidentally began its life within months of Kmart’s founding in 1962.
Struggling to compete with Walmart’s low prices and Target’s trendier offerings, Kmart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early 2002 — becoming the largest U.S. retailer to take that step.